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No Margin for Error: A Surgeon’s Struggle Repairing Hypospadias

No Margin for Error is not only a memoir of the ‘pound for pound’ most influential hypospadiologist of the 21st century, but also a blueprint to self-examination and improvement. It’s an essential read for any urologist starting their career to...

Prostate cancer: Black men more likely to be diagnosed at later stages

Latest data shows Black men have higher rates of stage 3 or stage 4 prostate cancer diagnoses compared with white men. Black men diagnosed at a later stage in their 60s are 14% less likely to get NICE approved treatment...

Ureterocystostomy – novel surgery for the paediatric obstructed megaureter

Megaureter is a relatively common congenital urinary tract anomaly; obstructed non-refluxing megaureter is one variant. Initial management is conservative, with operative intervention reserved for symptomatic cases (recurrent pyelonephritis, pain, increasing dilatation or worsening renal function). Surgical options include cutaneous ureterostomy,...

Biopsy should be considered for older boys (>10 years) undergoing orchidopexy for intra-abdominal testes

Cryptorchidism is associated with a 3 to 10-fold increase in malignancy and the age at which it is undertaken matters; the risk of testicular cancer is doubled in patients undergoing orchidopexy at 13 years of age compared to that treated...

Intravesical instillation of chemotherapy before radical surgery for upper UTUC

Upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) is a rare but increasingly prevalent form of urothelial cancer, accounting for 5–10% of cases, with an annual incidence of two to three cases per 100,000 individuals in Western Europe. Radical nephroureterectomy (RNU) with...

Action Bladder Cancer UK urges health professionals to help raise awareness during Bladder Cancer Awareness Month in May

Action Bladder Cancer UK is calling on health professionals – including specialist urology and cancer nurses, urologists, oncology and radiology health professionals and others, to support Bladder Cancer Awareness Month by helping to raise awareness of the symptoms of bladder...

Keep patients at the heart of treatment decision

Rebecca Porta, Chief Executive of The Urology Foundation, and Chris Whitehouse, Chair of the Urology Trade Association, mark Urology Awareness Month. Rebecca Porta. Chris Whitehouse. Keep patients at the heart of treatment decision This September marked Urology Awareness Month (UAM),...

Prostate Scotland statement on National Screening Committee recommendation

Prostate Scotland notes the recommendation from the UK National Screening Committee (NSC) on Friday 28 November 2025 to introduce targeted prostate cancer screening only for men with confirmed BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene variants. While this represents an important first step...

EAU Annual Congress 2023

EAU23 The 38th Annual Congress is being held in Italy’s fashion capital, Milan, after previous successful editions there in 2008 and most recently in 2013. EAU23, to be held on 10-13 March, 2023 also marks a return to a spring...

Pacemakers in the upper urinary tract

This is an interesting study from Italy. The mechanism by which urine is transported from the kidney to the bladder via the upper urinary tract (UUT) remains poorly understood and elusive. For many years, pyeloureteric rhythmicity is thought to arise...

Updated guide on integrated paediatric continence services to significantly improve children’s lives and save NHS cost

The Paediatric Continence Forum has recently launched its updated Guide on how to commission and run integrated, nurse-led, community-based paediatric bladder and bowel (continence) services. These are clinically effective, improve the lives of children and their families and generate significant...

Cystitis Unmasked

Cystitis is often viewed as a heartsink diagnosis, and sometimes one of exclusion. The aetiology is multifactorial and misunderstood. Treatment has been based on dogma, and poor clinical and scientific evidence. The truth is, that despite the significant morbidity caused...